The yoga of devotion
makes the individual linked to the divine power and with such inclination a
devotee gains the sense of divine omnipresence quite easily. Such individual
considers the diversity of all the living forms as a form radiated out from the
divine. All such forms even remain restricted to the divine and get merged to
the source after completion of life. It is similar to the act of the formation
of clouds at the ocean bed and development of streams due to down pour from the
clouds. All these acts jointly ensure the cyclic movement of water from ocean
to mountains and again from mountains to oceans through streams. Intermediate
results may be of many types and many forms, but the real identity of water
droplet remains unchanged.
Whatever we acquire in
the form of knowledge will enrich the society in different ways and even it
will enrich our efforts of feeling the omnipresence of the divine power. Lord
describes himself as an inseparable entity of different forms and capacities
which remain prevalent in the surrounding. Lord Shiva, for an example, among
Rudras is divine. Every individual in this universe are capable of feeling the
oneness with the divine, but they may not be capable of accommodating the
source as we may not be able to accommodate the sun in our immediate surroundings.
We can feel the warmth and illumination of the sun from a safest distance.
Before reaching the ground such radiation is even filtered by the realm of
atmosphere. We are absolutely incapable of assimilating the ultraviolet
radiations at even a fraction of a percent. Such radiations are competent
enough in killing any life forms. On the other hand we cannot think about birth
and manifestation of any life form without the sun.
The person having true
knowledge of the cycle of creation and destruction keep faith on the divine
power and start exploring the existence of such power within the self. Two
types of individuals see such a divine power in two different ways: one can
recognize it as an inseparable part of the self and other can recognize it as a
separate entity having no linkage to the self.
It is more important for
an individual to realise the Divine omnipresence; that sense is the only
positive impulse which is capable enough in linking up the living form to the
nature with perfect band of participatory efforts; such effort will bring
desired results during every instances of the functional involvement of the
individual in society. Vedic rituals, medicinal herbs, worships of all types
and cultivation of knowledge are nothing but different aspects of realising the
omni-presence of divine power.[2] One can recognize the
role of the divine power in different realms of creation and destruction.
Person having noble
conducts in society remain there in the memory of individuals for a
considerable time and may secure a prominent position in the history of
development. Such an individual even secure a prominent position amongst nobles
because of noble deeds. They even imply a notable influence upon the social
conducts. Their contribution in terms of knowledge enrichment may even become
the part of the treasure of Vedas. The only lord worshipped by people is the
divine power or the creation element (Purush). Common individuals do not know
that they worship the supreme creation elements in varying forms. All actions,
conducts, rituals and worships should be aimed ultimately towards worshiping
the supreme creation element (Purush). We can even maintain our
utter faith on the role of such a creation element in making the process of all
the creations true.
Even sinners come out of
the clutches of sin after knowing the ultimate fate of such sins and start
residing in the process recognizing the presence of creator element (Purush) by
the side of the holy creations. They even start recognizing the wider form of
the divine manifestation and start delivering their duty in the society with an
altered conducts. They quickly get the shelter of the divine and start defining
their role in society.
The mighty wind blowing
everywhere rests always in sky. In the same way all the organisms rest always
in the divine lord and get manifested accordingly when time permits. At the end
of one creation cycle all the organisms duly created will be merged into the
realm of materials and energy and the entire collection of such kind of lump
will be directed towards any of the black hole towards which the centrally
located star system will feel the power of attraction. The situation of such a
dramatic withdrawal of the diversity of creation may be initiated at any
moment. None of the creations and destructions of any types are ever capable of
binding the divine power in them. This creator power (the PURUSH element in
accord to Sankhya Philosophy) remains independent of the realm of creation and
destruction. It ensures the process without being involved actively in the
entire process of manifestation. Buddhism adopted changes incorporated in Vedic
rituals and other traditional doctrines, which remained in practice through
Vedic, Sankhya and Yoga based rituals.[3]
Divine power of such a
doer type may often remain non-recognisable because of the non-association of
such power in the process of creation. We often recognize the intellect and
soul holding such intellect as the creator element. The soul and intellect can
have a reflection of the creator superconscious doer element but it cannot be
ascribed directly as a doer. We also recognize the soul of an individual as a
non-destroyable entity as that of the divine power. It is similar to
that of a stream of water joins the other and a beam of light joins the other.
All such sources lose their individual identity before joining. Similar the
thing is true regarding diffusion of soul in the surrounding when any
individual dies. Band of energy get absorbed in the celestial collection and
may be utilized at some other instances randomly during some other phases of
creations.
Because of this reason material world
moves through series of changes and one change is followed by series of other
changes of varying degree and intensity.
Is there any clear distinction in the
process of socialisation of human beings during which we may witness activation
of a Divine Power (in the form of a Prophet or AVATARA) amongst us? What kind
of indications may be there depending upon which we start claiming omnipresence
of such power beside us during all instances? The Bhagavadgita highlighted it
clearly during discourses in the fourth chapter.[4] Even
the purpose of such manifestation is narrated by the Divine Power.[5] People,
along with clear understanding of the ways and means of this divine
manifestation, succeed in keeping oneself devoid of material attachment to the
nature and remain contented thoroughly; by doing so they enjoy the optimum
liberation.
What we
want from our immediate surrounding will finalise our comprehensive approach
with which exploration of resources and technologies will be advanced. Our
effort of linking up resources and technology will confer the effort with which
we also want people to get associated with us. Our kind of will inflicted
primarily with a sort of bias will generate a sort of agony in the mind of
other community or ethnic group of any distant location. One sided aspiration
of progress may even give birth to the sort of agony and misconduct. It may
even give birth to group clashes and other oppressive conducts of varying
types. We are witnessing similar kinds of unrest which are mushrooming at
different out pockets of our society. We are, keeping pace with the progressive
trend of conflicts, becoming bound to tackle such problems day by day.
It is
also obvious that replacement of armed forces by the acts and conducts of
nonviolent resolution may not bring immediate result as some of the countries
are badly inflicted with an intention of grabbing resources, lands and
technologies of other states without taking care of the aspirations of people
settled in the state. Violation of such kinds of basic rules may bring nations
back to the war front as some of the leading nations remain indulged in such
kind of proxy war, cold war and armed operations. Leadership characters of
those conflicting states may also put other nations in trouble as the flow of
resources, man power and currencies went on linked and interlinked day by day
since last couple of decades. Bringing them out of such network will be easy to
say but difficult to implement.
At some
instances we may come across the situation during which some of the small and
marginal stakeholders living within the jurisdiction of a state may claim that
they are in the verge of extinction due to non-supportive policies of the
Nation State. Lack of any kind of inclusiveness in the entire framework of
development plan may give birth to such kind of separatism and unrest with
which some of the states like India are suffering. Addressing all such wills
and wishes while keeping the issues of National Security intact is really a
matter of deep concern and is open for arranging an intensive study and
scholastic interventions. We cannot go on dreaming about any rapid solution to
such kinds of burning issues. Boroland of Assam, for an example, is receiving
extensive in-migration of different types of Non-Boro Community and are
agitating against such kind of state sponsored or some sort of illegal
in-migrations. Their demand for a state to safeguard their cultural and social
integrity is still a burning issue which puts even India Government in trouble.
We have
examples of such kinds of unrest and agony in plenty. It also indicates that
the state policy lacks some sort of inclusive efforts with which such kinds of
issues would have been addressed effectively. Plans were made as a fraction of
the large segments with an anticipation of gaining participation from the
reference community but their faith, cultural blend and spiritual orientation
utterly kept aside. It was also a plan inflicted with partial motive force of
development which gained a negative response from the community members.
Expectation of such type, as state planners are coining, should have some sort
of comprehensive study and a kind of acculturation with which active
participation of the community will be advanced. We are here to sort out such
kinds of comprehensive planning process impregnated with resolutions of Peace
and Nonviolence to make up our mind for comprehensive and collective progress.
To
understand our expectations in a better way it would be better if we move on
through an incident which was recorded during execution of a welfare activity
at a village level. A farmer named Budhu received a pair of bullock from a
nationalized bank. Because of certain health problem he has lost one bullock
within a span of one year. Another unpaired bullock became useless. Bank wanted
to recover the loan amount form him. He had two alternatives. With the help of
the primary teacher of the nearby primary school he has submitted an
application to the Branch Manager of the bank requesting him to provide a
bullock or to take the living one back.
The
application was of a peculiar type. This incident took place in a village under
Nimdih Block of Saraikela, Jharkhand. Logically Budhu admitted his
problem and requested a support from the financial institution. Bank had no
such provision of allocating fund for a single bullock or to take the live
bullock back. Because of that reason application of Budhu was kept aside. He
appeal for a solution remained buried under the heap of pending
applications. After
a gap of five years, a new bank officer took the charge of that branch. By that
time loan amount which remained in the name of Budhu became a major amount. By
paying such amount one can purchase two pairs of bullock similar to those
assigned to Budhu. The scheme under which Budhu received such support was under
the scheme of Integrated Rural Development Scheme sanctioned by the Government.
The matter went to the judiciary. Coming out of the problem and giving any
adequate remedy was not in the hand of Bank, Government or even Budhu himself.
The only annoying thing happening was the expenses upon the bullock which had
no adequate financial return.
There
was another Ashram School Teacher working in the locality. He was even popular
amongst villagers because of his timely services. He came to know about the
incident. The fellow teacher used to move frequently in the surrounding
villages. Because of that reason he had another farmer like Budhu having only
one bullock alive. He had arranged a meeting of both the farmer to sort out the
problem. Both the farmer decided to work together in a condition of exchanging
bullocks for alternate period of six months. Legal proceedings went in the
favour of Budhu. There was adequate scope for Budhu to take another pair of
bullock from the bank. But the offer was not considered fruitful by the fellow
farmer because of his bitter experiences that he went through recently.
This
incident tells us about the limitations of the support services of bank,
government or any other welfare institutions. Coming out of the boundary for
delivering timely relevant service requires flexibility. The kind of such
flexibility is lacking in the present day system of support mechanism.
Ultimately farmer, other socially active group and social workers came close to
sort out a solution which can give immediate ease to the victim. Because of
lack of certain technological input, the problem became a big one. There are
instruments that can be handled efficiently even by using a single bullock.
That sort of technology was absolutely unknown to both the farmers as well as
to the officials. Installation of any system, monitoring of the same
for a stipulated time span, giving support services to the reference group for
a selected period of time and helping the person in gaining adequate pace in
the production practices are some of the components which should have adequate
place in the planning of extending any financial support. Loss of any kind at
any place should be considered as a loss to the Nation State.
It is
absolutely clear that people involved in the welfare activities rarely bring
themselves perfectly in the forefront with adequate enthu; they even lose
regulations upon the system due to complications of the planning and
implementation process of schemes; lack of spiritual blend in the entire system
of financial regulation and execution of the same is another matter of serious
concern.
[1] Bhagvadgita X – 4-5;
[2] Bhagvadgita IX – 15-18:
Cultivators of knowledge worship supreme lord as an
entity. They recognize the diversified forms of such divine power at different
instances. Divine power is the worship, Vedic chanting, the fire , the butter
and the rituals. Divine is the object of knowledge, the creator element and the
Pranava (Om). It is the basis of everything that we see. It has its presence as
a creator as well as destroyer element in the universe.
[3] Tadeusz Skorupski (2015). Michael Witzel (ed.).
Homa Variations: The Study of Ritual Change Across the Longue Durée. Oxford
University Press. pp. 78–81. ISBN 978-0-19-935158-9.
[4] “Whenever there is a decline in righteousness
and a corresponding increase in unrighteousness, The Lord manifest and become
active amongst us on earth”
……The Bhagavadgita IV 7.
[5] “Lord manifest and dwell amongst us to fulfill
various purposes; it is not confirmed but can be proposed; to protect the
righteous, to annihilate the wicked, and to re-establish the principles of
dharma; the Divine Lord appear on this earth, time to time and age after age”
….. The Bhagavadgita IV 8
